In this episode of Ancient Egyptian Literature, we are delving into the Battle of Kadesh, a monumental military action between Rameses the Great and the…
Reconstructing Ancient Egyptian Culture
Category: Ancient Egyptian Literature
Writing was considered a sacred practice by the ancient Egyptians. Carved in stone and written on papyrus is a whole world of wisdom, tales of great people, journeys to the afterlife, and much more. Join us as we unravel the scroll and decipher the hieroglyphics to discover Ancient Egyptian Literature.
The Tale of the Eloquent Peasant is a story from the Middle Kingdom of ancient Egypt but set in the era about a hundred years…
Instruction of Ptahhotep is an ancient literary work attributed to Ptahhotep, a vizier under King Isesi of the Egyptian Fifth Dynasty ca. 2414-2375 BCE. It…
The Ptolemaic era story of the book of Thoth, written by the god of knowledge and writing and the prince’s son Nefer-ka-ptah, whose obsession with…
An ancient Egyptian Tale from the Papyrus Westcar that tells of the Old Kingdom Pharaoh Khufu hears his sons tell him of the wisdom of…
A recitation of poems from Papyrus Harris 500, the ‘love songs’ from Ancient Egypt